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by lukev 12y ago
Oh, people are infinitely varied, but I'd invite you to try taking away the average footballer's television, then consoling them that you'll tell them the score when it's over :)
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by lukev 12y ago
The article manages to be factually correct while still missing the point entirely, because he conflates uncertainty (randomness) with pointlessness, and the ability to describe something probabilistically with reducibility to mere ra
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by lukev 13y ago
Nope. I'm http://github.com/levand .
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by lukev 13y ago
While that number also seems low to me, comparing the failure rate of a court case with a single line of code is a ludicrous analogy. I, a distracted and harried developer, will write hundreds of lines of code a day and not think twice abou
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by lukev 13y ago
Very cool. Isn't the challenge here, though, simply to write an interpreter/emulator for that exact version of BASIC, rather than actually "porting a game", as such? Given the requirements it seems like attempting to re-
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by lukev 13y ago
This is very interesting (and as has been pointed out in other comments, not exactly a new idea). I think its proper application, though, is in a tool for practicing reading, not for actually reading tests. One major thing this approach loo
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by lukev 13y ago
Head over to /r/bitcoin sometime... Full of people figuring out how to buy bitcoins with a credit card, etc. Something about it drives people crazy.
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by lukev 13y ago
I like the idea of bitcoin, but way too many people (like this article) are just being stupid about it. It's baffling and depressing. Your retirement , really? At worst bitcoin is a speculative balloon. At best it is a novel, useful w
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by lukev 13y ago
I have co-authored three books: Practical Clojure ( http://www.apress.com/9781430272311 ) ClojureScript: Up and Running ( http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025139.do ) Clojure Cookbook ( http:/&#
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by lukev 13y ago
I find it interesting that there are about 50 comments in this thread discussing the best/better ways to model the problem in Scala, and no controversy at all about the Clojure implementation. That's a feature of Clojure, IMO.
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by lukev 13y ago
Yes and no. The NSA clearly at least makes some attempt to rationalize its actions according to the law and precedent (hence the focus on "metadata", exceptions the administrations has made for "national security", etc).
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by lukev 13y ago
Those are my ideals - I am a pacifist, I'd much prefer that we wound down this (and most other) military activity. I was simply pointing out how Snowden's actions reflect on his character. Whistleblowing: Revealing that an entit
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by lukev 13y ago
The details are important. That's why intelligence agencies are so secretive to begin with - unveiling an asset, be it an actual agent or an electronic access point usually has the effect of denying future access to that asset, thereby
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by lukev 13y ago
The stuff about tapping major ISPs, the ubiquitous metadata collection, etc. That's the true whistleblower material, the stuff that will get people angry and clamoring for change, and I think releasing the rest of it actually hurts tha
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by lukev 13y ago
I'm not saying is a good thing, but that's a policy decision on what the NSA's mission should be . "whistleblowing" that it's happening doesn't really change anything.
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by lukev 13y ago
I think the fact that he leaked a lot of details about NSA surveillance of foreign governments diminishes his moral high ground. That is the stated mission of the NSA and while the details are highly classified, everyone knows that they&#
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by lukev 13y ago
I wouldn't bet against you, just pointing out that he's working from a hefty (if legitimate) assumption.
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by lukev 13y ago
> Despite this long record of failure, AGI must be possible. And that is because of a deep property of the laws of physics, namely the universality of computation. This actually doesn't follow. It is logically possible that genera
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by lukev 13y ago
Really? For your savings ? Bitcoin is many things, but a low-risk investment is not one of them.
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by lukev 13y ago
Well, let's see... In the case of my monitor, the software sets a single byte in a direct memory array which is then sent directly to the monitor via a direct, dedicated connection, for a total distance of about 3 feet. An HTTP request
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by lukev 13y ago
Please don't use precise computer science terminology to describe social problems unless you also plan on providing a precise model describing the said problem in mathematical terms. Otherwise, you're co-opting language about thin
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by lukev 13y ago
I believe it. And that's not even counting looking up answers or getting your questions answered. When I am truly stumped, I immediately start drafting a comprehensive SO question. Nine times out of ten, clearly enunciating the problem
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by lukev 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_... So actually 19%, yes.
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by lukev 13y ago
Sure you can! Join the 60% of the world's population that _don't use the internet at all_. Or the 20% of the population of the _US_ that don't use the internet. You can even still use a cell phone, if you want - just buy a pr
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by lukev 13y ago
It's not classic FRP, but you're basically describing core.async. Have you looked at that at all?
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by lukev 13y ago
That's not analogous at all. A TV show has to pay for multiple professional actors, sets, special effects, a large filming crew, etc. Post-production/editing costs would be a relatively small portion. Top-notch educational materia
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by lukev 13y ago
Are there any legal or quasi-legal ways to play online poker in the US, currently?
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by lukev 13y ago
No. The market just isn't that deep. I really doubt there are people looking to spend 10 million (or even 1 million) dollars on bitcoin in any normal time frame. Most of the bitcoin super-rich are the early adopters, who mined hundreds
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by lukev 13y ago
A lot of these strike me as not only sneaky, but unethical and possibly even illegal. For example, as a software consultant I would feel I were committing fraud were I to bill two clients for the same hour of time. Is there a different cons
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by lukev 13y ago
I disagree that a scholarship is the only way to earn achieve social mobility. A college degree is a necessary but not sufficient condition for breaking into the middle class. If a loan can help someone meet that condition, great. This is n

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